Bond Prices: Market Participants

bond prices: Bond prices and yields move inversely, according to Market Watch. Read A strong economy and Fed rate cuts The stock market wants to have its cake and eat it, too' Peering into stocks on a sector level, however, suggests investors may not be as bullish as they seem at first, with defensive sectors, including real estate, utilities and have been leading the market higher in July. The S&P 500 SPX, 0.12% Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.08% and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, 0.54%closed at record highs last Wednesday, suggesting investor confidence in the U.S. economy at the same time that market participants were also bidding up the prices of government bonds TMUBMUSD10Y, 1.85% typically seen as a haven for economically turbulent times. At first glance, it seems like the stock market and bond market are on totally different pages, said Willie Delwiche, investment strategist at R.W. Baird, in an interview. Need to Know Weaker growth will offset a Fed rate cut so sell stocks, warns Morgan Stanley Between July 1 and the close of trade on Friday, July 5, the S&P 500 gained 0.7%, according to Fact Set. But looking at the internals, they are a little more in harmony. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.